VZLA vs. CGAU, SA, SILV, EXK, TGB, GATO, DRD, NFGC, ARMN, and MUX
Should you be buying Vizsla Silver stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vizsla Silver include Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), SilverCrest Metals (SILV), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Taseko Mines (TGB), Gatos Silver (GATO), DRDGOLD (DRD), New Found Gold (NFGC), Aris Mining (ARMN), and McEwen Mining (MUX). These companies are all part of the "gold & silver ores" industry.
Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) and Centerra Gold (NYSE:CGAU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Centerra Gold received 9 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 24.05% of users gave Centerra Gold an outperform vote.
22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Centerra Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centerra Gold has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centerra Gold has a net margin of 4.99% compared to Vizsla Silver's net margin of 0.00%. Centerra Gold's return on equity of 5.61% beat Vizsla Silver's return on equity.
In the previous week, Centerra Gold had 5 more articles in the media than Vizsla Silver. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Centerra Gold and 1 mentions for Vizsla Silver. Centerra Gold's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Vizsla Silver's score of 0.40 indicating that Centerra Gold is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vizsla Silver currently has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 115.05%. Centerra Gold has a consensus price target of $9.30, suggesting a potential upside of 34.20%. Given Vizsla Silver's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than Centerra Gold.
Vizsla Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Centerra Gold. Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centerra Gold, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Centerra Gold beats Vizsla Silver on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VZLA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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